Now the founder of Cedar Rock Capital has added a record £43 million dividend payment to his wealth.

Accounts just filed for the firm, which he started in 2002, show that it paid out an interim dividend of £71.5 million to shareholders, almost double the £39.3 million paid out for the previous year, to October 31, 2017.

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The firm, which says it invests only in ‘quoted companies that we believe capable of compounding in value indefinitely’, usually has a portfolio of around 20 companies, with strict criteria of ‘emphasising quality, value and managerial character’.

Brown, a former Morgan Stanley portfolio manager, recently sold an 11-year holding in Domino’s Pizza.

The controlling shareholder’s financial acumen has gained him a £620 million fortune, the latest Sunday Times Rich List states.

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